The U.S. decision will be a particularly major benefit to copper companies operating in Arizona, which produces about 70% of all copper mined in the U.S.
U.S. District Judge Jennifer Zipps, in her authoritative decision, declared that the environmental challengers have not established a likelihood of “irreparable harm” resulting from the Sunnyside or Flux Canyon exploration
Under the speckled shade of sycamore trees, Robert Proctor and Kathy Pasierb stood along Harshaw Creek Wednesday morning, examining a small, yellow tab of paper.